Artificial intelligence technology in rock mechanics and rock engineering
June 2024
The scope and scale of rock engineering activities have witnessed continuous expansion, which makes the geological conditions of rock engineering increasingly complex, and there are more and more types...
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Rockburst risk control and mitigation in deep mining
June 2024
It is important to understand and manage rockburst challenges in deep mining operations. This paper presents a systematic study of rockburst risk in underground mining, offering a detailed examination...
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Process system modelling of gas injection characteristics for underground CAES
May 2025
Renewable energies including solar and wind are intermittent, causing difficulty in connection to conventional power grids due to instability of output duty. Compressed air energy storage (CAES) in...
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Advances in peridynamics modeling of deformation and fracturing of brittle geomaterials
September 2024
Peridynamics (PD) is an emerging method that establishes a theoretical framework based on non-local theory to describe material mechanical behavior with spatial integral equations. It gives a unified...
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Role of feature importance in geomechanical classification of rock slopes
February 2025
Rock slope along motorways in the Higher Himalayan terrains are prone to various types of failure. In order to effectively mitigate these failures, a thorough assessment of rock mass behavior is entailed....
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Advances in stability analysis and optimization design of large underground caverns under high geostress condition
September 2024
The demand for underground space and sustainable energy has driven the need for underground structures. Large underground caverns, being an underground structure carrier, offers a feasible solution....
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Mitigating shale swelling in deep drilling: Novel natural deep eutectic solvent vs hybrid additives system
May 2025
Shale instability during shale drilling poses significant challenges that require effective additives to control swelling and enhance water-based drilling fluids. This study investigates the effectiveness...
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Analysis of tunnel water inrush accidents induced by stratum collapse models
May 2025
As tunnel engineering progresses, the complexity of geological strata and the presence of water bodies beneath tunnels have exacerbated the risk of water inrush incidents. Mutation theory is utilized...
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Fracture mechanism of tunnel surrounding rock induced by blasting disturbances: Experiments and numerical simulations
Available online 24 May 2025
The inversion of the source mechanism is a critical step in revealing and understanding the mechanisms of rock mass failure and guiding the prevention and control of ground pressure disasters. Under...
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Advances in dynamic test of deep rocks considering in-situ mechanical and hydraulic conditions
June 2024
Determining the dynamic behaviors of deep rocks is important but challenging for deep underground rock engineering. Recently, great advances have been made by researchers in dynamic tests of deep rocks...
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Simulation of progressive notch failure in deep bored raises using an iterative approach in FLAC3D
Available online 18 May 2025
The study examines empirical and numerical modeling methods that can be used to predict the depth of notch failure in bored raises excavated for Glencore’s Onaping Depth project within the Craig Mine...
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Numerical study on failure and instability of slender rock columns: Synergistic effects of lateral pressure, height-to-width ratio, and material strength
May 2025
Columnar jointed rock mass (CJRM) combines and mosaic of slender rock columns with different height-to-width (H/W) ratios. Revealing the correlation of the mechanical behavior of individual rock columns...
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Generation of and countermeasures against time-delayed rockbursts
Available online 4 May 2025
Time-delayed rockbursts abruptly release huge energy, characterized by suddenness, randomness, and destructiveness, leading to substantial damage to both lives and property. This study explores the...
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Notch formation in vertical excavations in a deep hard rock mine and rock stabilization methodologies
March 2024
This paper presents details of the early to mid-stage deterioration in the form of notch growth of two 3 m diameter bored raises that were excavated and slashed to 7.8 m to serve as an internal shaft...
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Mechanics and nonlinear crack evolution of fractured sandstone under triaxial stress
May 2025
The mechanical behavior of fractured rock mass is significantly different from that of intact rock mass, and it is of great significance to study the mechanical response and damage law of crack rock...
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An integrated intelligent long-term device for the borehole monitoring of deformation and evolution of fractures in rock masses
Available online 9 July 2025
To solve the problems of complex operation, low efficiency, and lagging information collection in rock mass disaster monitoring, an integrated monitoring device is developed, which can simultaneously...
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Damage and control of mining surface deformation: Research status, hot spots and trends
Available online 1 July 2025
In order to master the research status, hotspots and trends of mining surface deformation (MSD) in metal mines, exploring the green and sustainable development path of mines, 2241 articles in the Web...
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Practice and validation of inversion of seismic source localisation based on genetic algorithm
February 2025
As the mining depth of coal resources increases, resulting in frequent mine earthquakes during mining. In this study, the rolling window ratio method is firstly chosen as the seismic phase recognition...
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Crustal structure and shallow-focus seismic activities in the Sumatra subduction zone: Constrains from receiver function inversion
September 2024
The Sumatra subduction zone is located in the southwest of the Suna plate, between the Euro-Asia Plate and Indo-Austrilian Plates. With the obliquely subducting of the Indo-Austrilian Plate toward the...
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A microscopic approach to brittle creep and time-dependent fracturing of rocks based on stress corrosion model
September 2024
A brittle creep and time-dependent fracturing process model of rock is established by incorporating the stress corrosion model into discrete element method to analyze the creep behavior and microcrack...
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Analysis of physico-mechanical properties and pore structure characteristics of thermally damaged sandstone
Available online 8 May 2025
Under the conditions of underground coal gasification (UCG), the pore structure and mechanical properties of overlying rocks are crucial for the stability of surrounding strata. Therefore, it is of...
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Rock engineering evaluation of existing and planned Salang Tunnels with high overburden through Hindukush Mountains, Afghanistan
June 2024
The Kabul – Mazar Highway connects Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, to northern provinces of the country, and further extends into Central Asian countries through the Hindukush mountains. The Salang...
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Quantifying the mechanical properties of coal matrix and cleat using digital image correlation method
February 2025
Coal mass consists of matrices and cleats, which exhibits significant difference in mechanical properties, such as uniaxial compressive strength and Young's modulus. Understanding this difference is...
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A novel DFN-DEM approach to simulate long-term behavior of crystalline rock under effects of glacial climate conditions
March 2024
The safety assessment of nuclear waste repositories is a critical yet challenging task. Several processes acting on different time scales and multiphysical couplings must be taken into account. The...
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Metaheuristic algorithms for groundwater model parameter inversion: Advances and prospects
June 2024
Groundwater inverse modeling is a vital technique for estimating unmeasurable model parameters and enhancing numerical simulation accuracy. This paper comprehensively reviews the current advances and...
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